[ILUG] Run script when USB disk connected

Kenn Humborg kenn at bluetree.ie
Fri Jan 16 10:40:31 GMT 2009


> Hey Kenn,
> 
> > Whats the right magic udev/hal/whatever incantation needed
> > to get a script to run when an external USB hard disk is
> > plugged in?
> 
>     I haven't used it myself but I stumbled on this
> http://www.reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html Which has a couple
> of sections mentioning such things as:
> 
> KERNEL=="sdb", RUN+="/usr/bin/my_program"
> 
> Might be just the thing.

Thanks.

That's exactly what I need.

Later,
Kenn




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